Awards & Winners

Billy Collins

Date of Birth 22-March-1941
Place of Birth Queens
(New York, New York City, United States of America)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Collins, Billy, William James Collins
Profession Poet, Professor, Author
Billy Collins is an American poet, appointed as Poet Laureate of the United States from 2001 to 2003. He is a Distinguished Professor at Lehman College of the City University of New York and is the Senior Distinguished Fellow of the Winter Park Institute, Florida. Collins was recognized as a Literary Lion of the New York Public Library and selected as the New York State Poet for 2004 through 2006. He is currently a teacher in the MFA program at Stony Brook Southampton.

Awards by Billy Collins

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